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After losing 2 of 3 to a pretty mediocre Toronto team, the Dodgers sweep a pretty good Mets team, the last game a 9-1 blowout. I do NOT understand this game!!! :bonk:

gaijinmark wrote:After losing 2 of 3 to a pretty mediocre Toronto team, the Dodgers sweep a pretty good Mets team, the last game a 9-1 blowout. I do NOT understand this game!!! :bonk:

It ain't the game, it's the Dodgers... :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote:I do NOT understand this game!!! :bonk:

Here's another thing to scratch your head about:

Dodgers fire Eddie Murray as hitting coach
June 14, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Dodgers fired Hall of Famer Eddie Murray as hitting coach Thursday -- a day after completing a three-game sweep of the NL East-leading New York Mets in which they got 31 hits and scored 18 runs.

Bill Mueller, hired as special assistant to general manager Ned Colletti during the offseason, will serve as interim hitting coach.

The Dodgers led the NL with a .276 batting average and a .348 on-base percentage last year -- Murray's first as their hitting coach -- and reached the playoffs as the NL wild-card team. They're 38-28 and percentage points behind NL West-leading San Diego despite hitting just .261 and averaging 4.4 runs per game.

"Change is never easy, but sometimes it is necessary, and we feel that this is the best thing right now to help the team win," manager Grady Little said in a statement. "Our offense hasn't lived up to our expectations, and no one person is responsible for the results we've had this season."

The 51-year-old Murray is one of only three players in big-league history to get 3,000 hits and hit 500 homers. A switch hitter who spent most of his career with the Baltimore Orioles, he played for the Dodgers from 1989-91 and again in 1997 before retiring with 3,255 hits and 504 homers.

The 36-year-old Mueller retired at the end of last season with a lifetime batting average of .291 in 11 seasons with the Giants, Cubs, Red Sox and Dodgers.

"Bill Mueller will serve as a very solid bridge as we look for our next hitting coach," Colletti said. "He already has a great reputation within the clubhouse and he has a very deep knowledge of our team and the rest of the league."

Mueller hit .326 for the Red Sox to win the AL batting championship in 2003, and was a member of Boston's world championship team the following year.

To quote Casey Stengel: :headscratch:

Is Ned Colletti :crazy:

Dodgers beat the Angels, 2-1. :thumbsup:

11 strikeouts by Derek Lowe and 19 saves for Takeshi Saito. :)

Giants year is over, wait til next season. :beaten:

Dodgers lose the the hated Angels yet again... :shakehead:

So, I'm sitting here watching the Yankees/Giants game, the Giants have lost 8 in a row and Joe Girardi who's doing the commentary says, "You know, except for the last 8 games, the Giants haven't been that bad." Which is kind of like saying, "You know, except for when he charged down that hill after all those indians, General Custer was a pretty good general."[/list:u] No wonder Florida fired that dumb %#@*&!!!

gaijinmark wrote:So, I'm sitting here watching the Yankees/Giants game, the Giants have lost 8 in a row and Joe Girardi who's doing the commentary says, "You know, except for the last 8 games, the Giants haven't been that bad." Which is kind of like saying, "You know, except for when he charged down that hill after all those indians, General Custer was a pretty good general."[/list:u] No wonder Florida fired that dumb %#@*&!!!

What ever that guy is smoking, I want some. The Giants are one of the worst teams this year. How he get a tv job, he couldn't even get the names of the Giants players right. Fox always hires idiots like Steve Lyons. Well anyway the Giants won :woot:

So the Dodgers wrap up interleague play with a record of 4-11 :beaten: If they somehow manage to get to the World Series, let's hope they don't have to play an American League team. :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote:So the Dodgers wrap up interleague play with a record of 4-11 :beaten: If they somehow manage to get to the World Series, let's hope they don't have to play an American League team. :sweat:

Not to worry: they won't make it that far. :beaten:

Angels swept at home by the Royals.... BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... :hehe: :rofl:

TAKASHI SAITO AND RUSSELL MARTIN MAKE THE ALL-STAR TEAM!!! :woot: :dancing: :woot:

gaijinmark wrote:TAKASHI SAITO AND RUSSELL MARTIN MAKE THE ALL-STAR TEAM!!! :woot: :dancing: :woot:

And the Dodgers finally win a game against the Padres! :woot: :victory:

Dodgers seesawing back and forth around ten wins above .500... :shakehead:


News report: G-Dubya watching the Nationals at home vs. the Cubs.

One loser watching another.

It's All-Star time in San Francisco! :woot:

Now if the team would actually start winning games...

I guess I'll watch it.............. :sweat:

Woo hoo, Ichiro hits an Inside-the-Park two-run home run... :woot: :woot: :dancing: :victory:

The inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history. :applaud: :applaud:

Ichiro wins the MVP award...! :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: